Subject: Mathematics (6 - 8) Title: Popcorn - Bucket or Box?Description: In this exploration, students will apply their knowledge of finding volume and surface area of cylinders and rectangular prisms. Students will make recommendations to the local movie theater after determining which package is cost effective. Students will support their decision through a presentation.
This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.Subject: Mathematics (6 - 7) Title: Pump Up the VolumeDescription: In this lesson, students will be required to generate a formula for volume of a rectangular prism. Students working in cooperative groups will use prior knowledge for finding area of a rectangle to determine the "amount of area in a rectangular prism" they have created with a stack of cards.
This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.Subject: Mathematics (6 - 8) Title: Volume: Moving DirtDescription: This technology enriched lesson is designed to assist students in understanding how to calculate complex volume and how those concepts translate to use in the real world. Learning styles addressed include visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project, funded by the Malone Family Foundation.

Thinkfinity Lesson Plans

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Are They Possible?Add BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students examine some isometric drawings that seem to be impossible. They investigate one method that Dutch artist M.C. Escher used to create such impossible figures.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Building Using the Front-Right-Top ViewAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore drawing the front-right-top view when given a three dimensional figure built from cubes. Students also explore building a three dimensional figure when given the front-right-top view.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Do They Match? OverheadAdd BookmarkDescription: This reproducible transparency, from an Illuminations lesson, depicts several pairs of isometric drawings of three-dimensional figures. Students determine whether the drawings in each pair represent the same shape as one another.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Do They Match?Add BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use three dimensional figures they have constructed to determine when two isometric drawings can represent the same shape. They also determine what possible shapes might have the same isometric drawing and explain their reasoning.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Finding Surface Area and VolumeAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an isometric drawing tool to build three-dimensional figures. They then find the surface area and volume of each figure.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Using Cubes and Isometric DrawingsAdd BookmarkDescription: In this unit of six lessons, from Illuminations, students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. In addition, students examine area and volume concepts for block figures within this context.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Learning about Length, Perimeter, Area, and Volume of Similar Objects by Using Interactive Figures: Side Length, Volume, and Surface Area of Similar SolidsAdd BookmarkDescription: This is part two of a two-part e-example from Illuminations that illustrates how students can learn about the length, perimeter, area, and volume of similar objects using dynamic figures. In this part, Side Length, Volume, and Surface Area of Similar Solids, the user can manipulate the scale factor that links two three-dimensional rectangular prisms and learn about the relationships among edge lengths, surface areas, and volumes. e-Math Investigations are selected e-examples from the electronic version of the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (PSSM). Given their interactive nature and focused discussion tied to the PSSM document, the e-examples are natural companions to the i-Math Investigations.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Purple PrismsAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate rectangular prisms using an online, interactive applet. They manipulate the scale factor that links two three-dimensional rectangular prisms to learn about edge lengths and surface area relationships.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8

Subject: Language Arts,MathematicsTitle: Mathematics and Children's LiteratureAdd BookmarkDescription: In this five-lesson unit, from Illuminations, students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children s literature. Five pieces of literature are applied to teaching a wide range of topics in the mathematics curriculum, from sorting and classifying to the meaning of averages.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: K,PreK,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Subject: MathematicsTitle: Patterns and FunctionAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, from Illuminations, students investigate properties of perimeter, area, and volume related to various geometric two- and three-dimensional shapes.Thinkfinity Partner: IlluminationsGrade Span: 6,7,8